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apoapsis
apoapsis
English
Noun
apoapsis (plural apoapsides)
- (astronomy) The point of a body's elliptical orbit about the system's centre of mass where the distance between the body and the centre of mass is at its maximum.
Usage notes
For some celestial bodies, specialised terms are used.
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Related terms
- apogalacticon
- apastron
- aphelion
- apolune
- apogee
- aponigricon
- aposelene
- apocynthion
- apohermion
- apoareion
- apozene
- apojove
- apokrone
- aposaturnium
- apouranion
- apoposeidion
- apohadion
- apocytherion
- apocytherean
- apokrition
Translations
point of a body's elliptical orbit